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The stars of Dallas Buyers Club , American Hustle and hit TV drama series Breaking Bad were the top winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday night.
Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto took home the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor prizes respectively for their roles of HIV/AIDS sufferers in Dallas Buyers Club , while the cast of David O Russell's black comedy, American Hustle , won the Guild's Best Picture equivalent of Cast in a Motion Picture.
Other winners included British actresses Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith, who picked up awards for the performances in Phil Spector and Downton Abbey .
The SAG Awards winners
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
American Hustle
Male Actor in a Leading Role
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Outstanding Action Performance by Stunt Ensemble Motion Picture
Lone Survivor
Ensemble in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad
Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Modern Family
Male Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Female Actor in a Drama Series
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Helen Mirren, Phil Spector
Outstanding Action Performance by Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Game of Thrones
Lifetime Achievement
Rita Moreno
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nomineesShow all 20 1 /20Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Cate Blanchett (Best Actress) Blanchett has been nominated for Best Actress for her role as a deeply troubled New York socialite in Blue Jasmine.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Sandra Bullock (Best Actress) Bullock is nominated for her performance as a medical engineer in Alfonso Cuaron's space adventure Gravity.
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Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Meryl Streep (Best Actress) Here pictured left with Julianne Nicholson and Juliette Lewis, Streep has earned a nod for her performance as Violet Weston in August: Osage County.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Judi Dench (Best Actress) British actress Dench is up for Best Actress for her role as Philomena Lee in Stephen Frears' Philomena.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Amy Adams (Best Actress) Adams is nominated for Best Actress for her role as Sydney Prosser in American Hustle - here pictured left with Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence.
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Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Leonardo DiCaprio (Best Actor) DiCaprio has picked up his fourth Oscar nomination - but will he finally win? - for his performance as debauched stockbroker Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street.
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Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Chiwetel Ejiofor (Best Actor) British actor Ejiofor has been nominated for an Oscar for his role as Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Matthew McConaughey (Best Actor) McConaughey is up for Best Actor Oscar for his role as an emaciated AIDS patient who smuggles anti-viral drugs into the US in Dallas Buyers Club.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Christian Bale (Best Actor) British actor Bale has earned a nod for his performance as con artist Irving Rosenfeld in American Hustle.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Bruce Dern (Best Actor) Dern, left, is nominated for his role in Nebraska as elderly father Woody Grant who embarks on a trip with his estranged son.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Bradley Cooper (Best Supporting Actor) Cooper, left, has earned an Oscar nod for his supporting role as a wild FBI agent in David O Russell's American Hustle.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Barkhad Abdi (Best Supporting Actor) Abdi is up for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a Somali pirate who hijacks Tom Hanks' ship in Captain Phillips.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Michael Fassbender (Best Supporting Actor) Michael Fassbender, left, is nominated for his role as plantation owner Edwin Epps in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave.
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Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Jared Leto (Best Supporting Actor) Leto has picked up a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role as a transgender AIDS patient in Dallas Buyers Club.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Jonah Hill (Best Supporting Actor) Hill has earned a nod for his supporting role as a charismatic salesman in The Wolf of Wall Street - pictured here, left, in a scene with Best Actor nominee DiCaprio.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Julia Roberts (Best Supporting Actress) Julia Roberts, here seen embracing Best Actress nominee Meryl Streep, is nominated for her role in August: Osage County.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Jennifer Lawrence (Best Supporting Actress) Lawrence has been nominated for her role as Rosalyn Rosenfeld in American Hustle - she won Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook last year.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Lupita Nyong'o (Best Supporting Actress) Kenyan actress Nyong'o has earned a nod for her role as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave, here pictured with Best Supporting Actor nominee Michael Fassbender.
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Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees Sally Hawkins (Best Supporting Actress) Sally Hawkins, left, and Andrew Dice Clay in a scene from the Woody Allen film, Blue Jasmine. British actor Hawkins is nominated for her role as Jasmine's sister Ginger.
Oscars 2014: Best Actor and Actress nominees June Squibb (Best Supporting Actress) Squibb is nominated for her role as Kate Grant, wife of Best Actor nominee Bruce Dern's character in Alexander Payne's Nebraska.
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